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Family accounts are inherently blurry. There are families where someone moves out (e.g. a teenager graduates) or lives outside the home (e.g. Grandma's in a nu
by bsimpson 4y ago
Family accounts are inherently blurry. There are families where someone moves out (e.g. a teenager graduates) or lives outside the home (e.g. Grandma's in a nursing home). Some groups of friends get together, call themselves a family, and pitch in for an account. Some families spent the summer in a cabin. Some people are away from home for more than 2 weeks at a time (traveling through many destinations). IDK how they support multiple profiles in a way that's fair to everyone.
I will say that Netflix hasn't added much value to my life over the past years. Most of my watching has either been with other people (e.g. going to a friend/family member's house and casting from my account), or on an airplane. My parents and my brother have profiles on my account - we live apart, but we're still a family.
My main motivator for keeping my Netflix subscription is not interrupting my family members when they do want to watch something. If Netflix starts charging per "house" that you login from, I'm canceling my account.
- alejo 4y agoI did the same weeks ago already, for similar reasons. They piloted this change in my home country and there are families that live in different countries…
- spaceman_2020 4y agoBingo. I just keep it because my parents and in-laws use it sometimes. If they’re going to tell me they can’t login from a different house, its adios Netflix for me. Neither my parents or in laws care enough to pay for their own subscription.